Racism and policing, and the role of Police Unions. Come to order. I now recognize myself for an opening statement. Good morning and thank you to everyone for being here for this important briefing. Black lives matter. I cant breathe. Hands up, dont shoot. No justice, no peace. These powerful phrases are rallying cries for fair minded americans seeking to live up to one of this countrys core principles. Equal justice under the law. Since our nations founding, africanamericans have struggled, fought and died for the right to be free and equal citizens. This month marks 99 years since the tulsa race massacre, where an entire, vibrant community was destroyed and black men, women and children were systemically murdered. Today is juneteenth. A holiday that celebrate s the freedom of black people in america. That freedom did not come until 1865. Two and a half years after president lincoln abolished slavery. We are still working for freedom and we are still working to provide equal opportuni
Debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties and with the time equally allocated between the parties and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip limited to five minutes, but in no event shall debate continue beyond 9 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the the gentlewoman from North Carolina, ms. Foxx, for five minutes. Ms. Foxx thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, i rise to recognize dr. Donald moore of madison, North Carolina. For over 40 years dr. Moore has served as a physician at western rockingham family medicine. Dr. Moore understands that god humbly uses him as an instrument to care for those who are entrusted to him and he believes each patient is an extension of his own family. That mindset, mr. Speaker, encapsulates the true essence of a servants heart. After graduating from madson high school with the title of valedictorian, he attended the university of North Carolina at chapel hill where he majored in biology. He was then a
But my big brother, great guy, great gentleman and great man. Side. He was a big brother. He was i was reading and kept thinking about how i was a little doing the best he can and the mistakes he made and im embarrassed because when i heard watching him and followed him that george at this point of and correct myself as a teenager growing up and learn suffering, this brutal attack from him how to be a man. Everything he taught us and he called for his momma. Was teaching us. He gave us a i said to attorney crump, i said i appreciate talking to his lot of great lessons. One thing brothers and them on the phone, but i want to talk to his about a man, responsibility and mother. He said his mother passed. I said his mother passed . But he was calling for his mother. A standing up for his family i thought about it. And friends and he is created that and i want you to know he i was raised by a single mother. Will stand up for any injustice after everyone. Can you all sometimes the only thing
Figure, he was big brother. But i didnt see the little stuff. He was doing the best he can, and the mistakes he made. And i watched him, followed him, corrected myself as a grown man, as a teenager growing up. And, you know, learning from him how to be a man. Everything he told us, he was doing, but he was teaching us to be a man because he was in the world before us and he gave us great lessons. One thing about a man, responsibility, he would stand up for his family and friends, and hes great at that. And i want you guys to know he would stand up for any injustice anywhere. Whew. Can you all please say his name . George floyd. Plause im brandon williams. Im georges nephew. I call him perry. We happen to share the same middle name for some reason. My momma wanted to name all of us after some of ouri oincidentally, i ended up with george. Growing up, im a lot younger than him, but my grandmother raised me. I didnt have a father figure present in my life, so i grew up in the same house w
Profile controversies that we find ourselves in come down to the same problem, that two people who didnt know each other very well attempt to communicate and fail or attempt to understand each other and fail, Bernie Madoff, people had conversations with Bernie Madoff and never understood who he was. The Jerry Sandusky case at penn state. Brock turner Sexual Assault case at stanford a few years back, these are failed communications. And the one that really, the book starts and ends with, the signature case im concerned with is the sandra bland case which is one of those high profile encounters between africanamericans and Law Enforcement that was, excuse me, so much in the news a few years ago which was a conversation between a young black man, black woman and a Police Officer who pulls her over and the conversation goes off the rails. And i wondered why is it, why is it that were, that we fail in these conversations with strangers. Thats where the book comes from. Host each one of your